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Love them or hate them, Columbia House has a lot of members, and it looks like those members will have access to both HD DVD and Blu-ray this fall. While they haven't announced anything officially, someone has noticed that in their membership FAQ (requires logon) they answer the question "Will Columbia House support both of these new formats?" with, "this fall." Five HD movies for fifty cents each would be pretty nice, but we're not sure if it's worth having to overpay for the rest of the titles.